Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction to forensic plant science -- Suitability of forensic pl ant science evidence for courtroom presentations -- Sources for forensi c plant science evidence -- Forensic plant anatomy -- Cases using evide nce from plant anatomy -- Forensic plant taxonomy -- Plant taxonomy cas es -- Plant ecology -- Forensic plant ecology cases -- Additional appro aches in forensic plant science -- Summation and a look to the future.

"Today, forensic botany encompasses numerous subdisciplines of plant science: plant anatomy and dendrochronology, systematics, ecology, lim nology and oceanography, statistics, palynology, and molecular biology. Forensic Plant Science presents chapters on plant science evidence, pl ant anatomy, plant taxonomic evidence, plant ecology, case studies for all of the above, as well as the educational pathways for the future of forensic plant science."--Page 4 of cover.